Over on good ol’ reddit, this lovely gal was brought to my attention today, by way of a very endearing animated GIF. Alondra de la Parra is an orchestra conductor, and is apparently pretty dandy at her job (I have to take the Internet’s better-trained view on that point). Of course, she’s made her way onto this here website because she’s also darn adorable, as you can see in the following clip of her conducting during a rehearsal (from whence came the aforementioned animated GIF):

I’ve had a long, rough week, so all of this passionate joy was very welcomed. If I were to fall in love — it would be with someone like this 🙂 . Enjoy the weekend, folks!